Improved mop-wringer



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Letters Patent No. 89,041, lated April 20, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED MOP-WRINGER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

A Be it known that LWILLIAM l{ALL,ot`North Adams, in the county of Berkshire, and State of lvlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whieh'make part oi' this specification, and in whiclr- Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved mop-wringer, and

Figure 2, a plan or top View of the same.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a` simple and convenient device by which the superfluous water may be wruug from a mop, for the purpose of facilitating the operation of washing l'ioors, wood-work, windows, die., to which end my improvements consist in providing a pail, which is secured upon a portable platform, wit-h a horizontal strainer', and segmental pressplate for wringing the mop, the press-plate being connected by draw-rods, to a transverse rod, moving in stationary guides attached to the pail, to which motion is imparted by means of bent levers, pivoted to the guides, and cor'iuected to it by pivoted arms. v

In the accompanying drawings, which show a convenient arrangement oi' parts for carrying out the object of my invention- A represents a pail, or bucket, oi' ordinary construction, which is secured upon a'portable platform, A', which gives it a trrn base, and prevents liability of upsetting when in use.

A horizontal strainer, a, provided with a number of holes, for the passage of the water which is wrung from the mop, is attached to the inside ofthe pail, at a con venient dist-ance from its top, leaving sutiicient room for the mop to pass it to be inserted into the water below.

A segmental press-plate, B, moves horizont-ally upon the top ot' the strainer, and is connected by the drawrods b, to a transverse rod, C, the ends of which move in slots e, formed in the stationary guides E, which I are secured to the pail A and to standards F, upon the platform.

Stilihess is imparted to the standards F by the transverse brace f. 5

Bentlevers, D, are pivoted at one end to the guides Il), and at their angles to the arms C', the opposite ends of which are pivoted to the rod C.

The levers D are connected at their upper ends by the handle (l.

G represents the handle ofthe pail.

'lhel parts heilig in the-position shown in the drawings, aud the pail partially filled with water, hy depressing the upper ends of the levers 1)by means of the handle d, the arms C cause the rod C to move in the slot-s e, toward the standards F, drawing with it the press-plate B.

The mop having been dipped into the water in the pail, is rested upon the strainer a, and the superduous water is \vrung from it by its compression between the inside ofthe pail and the press-plate B, when the latter is drawn up to it, as described, by the action of the levers D, and pivoted arms C.

The superliuous water runs back into the pail, through the holes in the strainer, and the mop is thus expeditiously and thoroughly wrong, obviating the spilling oi' water on the outside of the pail, which will always happen when a mop is wrung by pressure against the edge thereof, as isordinarily the case.

Having thus fully described my invention,

In combimition with the segmental press-plate B, the bentlever D, pivoted arm C', rod C, slotted guides E, draw-rods l), all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM HALL.

Witnesses Willman McKAY, J. Q. ROBINSON. 

